Clare Knox-Bentham is a Creative Arts Educator & Business Advisor + Coach; an artist, and a passionate advocate for engagement with creative practice. 

She has been teaching for over 20 years and has been coaching and mentoring creative practitioners in how to make a living for over 10 years. Through her work in community outreach, Clare has set up numerous projects for creative engagement for all age groups and communities; as director for a graduate incubation space; as manager for communal studio spaces for artists and makers; and set up a physical retail space selling student and graduate work. Clare is also a practising artist + designer with her own business, making, exhibiting and selling work nationally and internationally.

Clare has set up a freelance consultancy and collective with three other artists and designers where they offer a series of in-person and online workshops as well as personal coaching and bespoke training. They cover a range of subjects including Understanding your Core Values & Drivers; Pricing, Finance & Accounting; Reflective Practice; Developing Routes to Income, Developing Confidence and Resilience. 

Clare’s collective has worked with a variety of organisations and artists including The Crafts Council, The Design Trust, National Intellectual Property & Creative Industries, The Guerilla Girls, Studio Tej, Dr Noki, Textile Research Centre and Susie MacMurray amongst many others.

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GET IN TOUCH WITH CLARE:

If you are interested in unleashing your creative practice, Clare would love to collaborate and help facilitate your development, so feel free to send her an email

hello@clareknoxbentham.co.uk

Clare’s Website: clareknoxbentham.co.uk

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TIMESTAMPS:

(01:06) Clare's Work Helping Creators Sustain Their Practices

(05:20) Creative Outreach and the Booming of the Cultural Sector

(12:05) The Story of Clare Addressing Parliament in the UK

(14:56) Setting up a Creative Incubator

(19:58) How to Find Your Path to Financial Viability in the Cultural Sector

(23:45) The Importance of Having a Reflective Practice

(29:51) Community – Isolation as the Death of Creativity

(31:41) Collaborating with People in Other Industries